Theoretical Foundations for Decision Making in Engineering Design.

THEORETICAL FOUNDATIONS FOR DECISION MAKING IN ENGINEERING DESIGN -- Copyright -- PREFACE -- ACKNOWLEDGMENTS -- Contents -- EXECUTIVE SUMMARY -- REFERENCE -- 1 INTRODUCTION -- PRIOR STUDIES -- THE CHANGING NATURE OF ENGINEERING DESIGN -- CURRENT STUDY -- REFERENCES -- 2 DECISION MAKING IN ENGINEERING DESIGN -- 3 BASIC TOOLS FOR APPLIED DECISION THEORY -- THE DECISION BASIS -- FRAMING -- SENSITIVITY ANALYSIS -- 4 METHODS, THEORIES, AND TOOLS -- CONCURRENT ENGINEERING -- TOOLS TO OBTAIN STAKEHOLDER INPUT -- THE PUGH METHOD -- QUALITY FUNCTION DEPLOYMENT -- DECISION MATRIX TECHNIQUES -- ANALYTIC HIERARCHY PROCESS -- TOOLS AND METHODS TO ADDRESS VARIABILITY, QUALITY, ANDUNCERTAINTY -- PROJECTED LATENT STRUCTURE -- TAGUCHI METHOD -- SIX SIGMA -- METHODS AND TOOLS FOR GENERATING ALTERNATIVES -- DESIGN INFORMATION SYSTEMS, SUPPORT SYSTEMS, AND ENVIRONMENTS -- TRIZ -- FORMAL METHODS FOR REPRESENTING DESIGN PROBLEMS -- ENGINEERING DESIGN: A SYNTHESIS OF VIEWS -- SUH'S AXIOMATIC DESIGN -- YOSHIKAWA'S GENERAL DESIGN THEORY -- A MATHEMATICAL FRAMEWORK FOR ENGINEERING DESIGN -- DECISION MAKING IN MANAGEMENT SCIENCE AND ECONOMICFIELDS -- DECISION MAKING IN ECONOMICS -- GAME THEORY -- SUMMARY OF METHODS, THEORIES, AND TOOLS -- REFERENCES -- 5 IMPLICATIONS FOR ENGINEERING DESIGN EDUCATION ANDRESEARCH -- APPENDIXES -- APPENDIX A ACCREDITATION BOARD FOR ENGINEERING ANDTECHNOLOGY 2000 -- APPENDIX B INVITED SPEAKERS -- APPENDIX C BIOGRAPHICAL SKETCHES OF COMMITTEE MEMBERS -- APPENDIX D COMMITTEE USAGE.

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